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In Guatemala, indigenous Mayan communities’ participation in community consulta, or consultation, helps to engage the government, and push back against Canadian and multinational mining companies accused of human rights abuses.

Kate Aronoff, a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia, argues that the recent People’s Climate March and Flood Wall Street protests made climate change “impossible for even the most mainstream of media to ignore.”

For Canadian activist Brigette DePape, participating in last weekend’s final tar sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was akin to “witnessing a war on the earth, and being part of a growing movement to stop it.”

The Council of Canadians’ new “Fracktivist’s Toolkit” empowers activists and environmental defenders with the tools needed to push back against fracking, and build partnerships with First Nations in their ongoing struggle to protect their besieged rights.

In this press release, the Idle No More grassroots movement for Indigenous rights announces over 55 actions and events taking place across Canada, the United States, and in countries across the planet.

After the Alberta Court of Appeal refused to overturn the conviction of Métis harvester Garry Hirsekorn for hunting in the Cypress Hills in 2007, the Alberta Métis Nations has decided to appeal to Supreme Court of Canada.

The Idle No More movement just launched a new, activism-oriented, social media-friendly website. Launch coincides with the beginning of Sovereignty Summer (#SovSummer), an education and action-based campaign focused on Indigenous Rights and in defense of Mother Earth.

A visiting Greek delegation asks Canadians to help stop Canadian mining Company Eldorado Gold’s continuing abuse of human rights, labour rights, indigenous rights, and the environment around its projects in northern Greece.